Dredger Collection

Opening of the Colchester Oyster Fishery
Ceremonial scene at the opening of the annual Colchester Oyster Fishery. On the first Friday of September the Mayor of Colchester, the Town Clerk

The tug Slavonia parting company with Dredger 13
An episode of the recent winter storms: The tug Slavonia parting company with Dredger 13 in the trough of gigantic waves as an Atlantic hurricane snaps the powerful hawser like a strand of cotton

Building Panama canal, Dredger on Fox River
Vintage 19th century photograph: Vintage 19th century photograph: Image relates to the first French led attempt to build the Panama canal in the 1880's under the supervision of Ferdinand de

Building Panama canal, Canal dredger
Vintage 19th century photograph: Image relates to the first French led attempt to build the Panama canal in the 1880s under the supervision of Ferdinand de Lesseps. Canal dredger

Dredger, Port Said, Suez Canal
Vintage 19th century photograph: dredger, Port Said, Suez Canal

Ballast-heavers 1850s
Ballast-heavers or also named as mudlarks at work, labourers dredging the River Thames for the opportunity of finding something valuable amongst the mud

Advert for Mappin & Webb sterling silver xmas gifts 1927
Mappin & Webbs range of sterling silver Christmas gifts. 1927

Advert for Mappin & Webb Edwardian items 1907
Selection of Princes plate and sterling silver items from 1907. Date: 1907

Boy casts his fishing line into River Dee at Kirkcudbright
A boy casts his fishing line into the River Dee from the harbour wall in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is a gloomy winter day

Panama Dredger 2 1889
Dredger - possibly a Renfrew - in the River Chagres, used by the French company in their abortive attempt to construct the Panama Canal. Date: 1889

East London, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa
Buffalo Harbour with dredger, East London, Eastern Cape, Cape Colony, South Africa. Date: circa 1925

Advert for Mappin Brothers Victorian gifts 1896
Chritsmas gifts in solid silver; sugar and cream stand, afternoon tea set, sugar dredger, chased and pierced fruit or bonbon dish, twin oil and vinegar bottles and coffee set with tray. 1896

Gold Dredging at Kyebi (Kibi), Ghana, West Africa Date: circa 1912

Dredger in Milford Haven Harbour, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
The dredger Beaufort in Milford Haven Harbour, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, with another boat alongside. Dredging involves gathering up sediment from the sea bed and disposing of it elsewhere

Advert for Mappin & Webb wedding gifts 1935
Suggestions for wedding gifts for Mappin & Webb, Regant Street, London. 1935

Leonardo model. Sea Dredger. Codex Atlanticus, sheet 842, 1486-90. Study for a dredging and cleaning boat. The digging tool, called bucket

Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912

Ships that pass by G. H. Davis
Ships that pass -- some notes for our readers who are spending their holidays by the sea shore. The ships are: cargo steamer, liner, coasting steamer, seagoing tug, oil carrier, racing yawl

US dredge Number 5, Panama Canal

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Dredging f
Photograph of the worlds largest purpose built dredger dredging for gold in the Sierra Nevada, California

Dredging the Land for Gold. Mining Extraordinary. Leaving De
Photograph of the mounds of stones and earth piled up behind the gold dredger as they are disgorged on the conveyor belt

SS Peluge, 1912
Photograph showing the largest Bucket dredger then afloat, the SS Peluge, built at the Lobnitz Shipyard for the Suez Canal Company

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